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On 05/30/2011 06:26 AM, Gaurav Chhabra wrote:
>> I have Perl separately installed at c:\Perl. I am not sure how to run this.
>>>> This will not work.
>>>> perlrebase works only for cygwin perls, not for strawberry or
>>>> activestate perls.
> That's what I was thinking. I was sure that I am doing something wrong, and
> it must have something to do with Perl for Cygwin :) Thanks for the info!
>
>> I just copied the prelrebase script and kept it in the Cygwin's bin
>> directory. Then I had to set the 'perl' variable in prelrebase script to
>> 'perl=../../Perl/bin/perl$suff.exe' because my Cygwin is at c:\Cygwin. Now
>> when I ran the script with argument '5.6.1', I get the following error:
>>>> Do you really want to rebase your activestate perl 5.6.1?
>>>> I told you to run perlrebase, not perlrebase 5.6.1
> As you have said below that my Perl will have a different forking mechanism,
> I will/should not go for perlrebase.
>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> user AT machine: /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin
>> $ ./perlrebase.sh 5.6.1
>> no archlib found for ../../Perl/bin/perl5.6.1.exe
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> I am not sure what this archlib is? I could not find it defined anywhere
>> in
>> the perlrebase script. Can you please help me with this?
>>>> See perl -V:archlib
> Thanks!
>
> My 5.6.1 *cygwin* perl has:
> $ perl5.6.1 -V:archlib
> archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-debug';
>
> My ActiveState perl has
>> perl -V:archlib
> archlib='C:\Perl\lib';
>
>>>> But this should not be rebased by cygwin as it has a different fork
> strategy than cygwin.
>
> So now the question is what should I do to resolve the issue I am facing?
> Since we use a separate Perl (Active State), your perlrbase will not work. I
> am stuck. :( Any suggestions?
>
>
> Regards,
> Gaurav
How about contacting ActiveState, the makers of the Perl you are using?

Either that or ditch the ActiveState and use Cygwin's Perl.
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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